Necktie



July 28, 1925.

' 1,547,982 F. T. WALKER NECKTIE Filed Feb, 14, 1925 Patented July 28, 1925.

FREDERICK '1. WALKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

Application filed February To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK T. WALKER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of No. 158 West 58th Street, in the county, city, and State of Yew York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for enabling a necktie to slide on or in a collar without catching or binding, and has for its object to provide an inexpensive fabric construction between the collar and tie which is smooth next the tie so that the tie 1 may slip easily in the collar. Another object is to provide such a device which can be easily inserted and retained in place and secured to a necktie.

Neckties are liable to stick and not easily 2 slide especially within turned-down collars when moving the tie in position as is neces sary with a fourinhand. Various means have been proposed to overcome this diificulty, but all are open to certain objections of being cumbersome and bulky, others tedious to insert, and still others if made of celluloid, dangerous or unduly stiff if worn with a soft or semi-soft collar.

According to this invention a fabric tube of satin or the like is slidably retained on the neck band, the enlarged ends of the necktie retaining the tube in place, and the satin surface being disposed next to the necktie enables it to slide smoothly through the tube and on or in the collar.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an assembly showing a necktie within a collar and the fabric tube indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of an end of the fabric tube;

Fig. 3 is a section on the lines t -45 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view of the neck band showing the tube in position. 7

Referring to the drawings, this invention is illustrated embodied in a fourinhand necktie (10) vwhich in Fig. 1 is shown in= serted beneath the fold of the collar (11) between the enlarged ends of the tie, and slidably on the neck band portion is the fabric tube (12), slightly larger than the neck band portion of the tie so as to enable it to easily slide through said tube, and this 14, 1925. Serial No. 9,084.

tube is preferably of satin with its smooth surface inside or contiguous with the tie and its less smooth or silken surface on the outside. The fabric tube (12) may be stitched along one longitudinal edge (13) as indicated in Figs. 2 to 4:, and its ends may be turned over, or hemmed in an ordinary manner as at (14).

Among the advantages of this invention may be mentioned the increased facility with which a necktie may slide through the collar in being tied and moved into position. The silken exterior surface of the fabric tube (12) being less smooth than its inner surface, will be retained beneath the collar fold, and enable the tie to be easily slid through the collar. Another advantage resides in the tube being so constructed as to readily fit on to the neck band portion of each necktie, and to be sold with a necktie at a small increase of cost in comparison with the increased facility with which the tie is manipulated; the enlarged ends of the tie also prevent the fabric tube from coming ofi while the tie is being inserted or withdrawn from the collar. This tube is especially adapted for silk and knit ties.

By the term tube as used in the claims is not necessarily meant a tube which is completely closed since a channel shaped tube partly open on one side could function in the same manner as the one illustrated which is completely closed but the term as used in this invention does refer to a tube which is closed on top sufficiently to prevent its falling ofi the necktie when out of the collar and closed on the bottom enough to prevent the tie slipping out of the collar fold. Modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

A necktie having a fabric tube slightly larger than its neck band portion, and slidably secured thereto, said tube having its inside surface next the tie smooth to enable the tie to slide easily on a collar, and having its outer friction surface less smooth than the inner surface of said fabric tube.

Signed at New York in the county, city, and State of New York this tenth day of February, A. D. 1925.

FREDERICK T. WALKER. 

